Slideshow SE

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 61% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ knecker

   3mo ago

   Unfortunately, resizing the window always rewrites width and height values, therefore no responsive design possible (css @media queries). Every slideshow must also be set to fixed pixel values, which is weird in 2026 (no vw, vh, em, rem, etc). Besides that, its free and opensource, so horray!

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2. ★★★★★ flobogo

   2.5y ago

   Thanks for the update work.Excellent plugin, which works perfectly. I love the random function for displaying slides.

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3. ★★★★★ Alfredo Matricciani

   2.8y ago

   This plug-in it’v really nice and customizable, i put it on my home page and have been using it for at least 10 years since the first project was created!

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4. ★★★★★ silico26

   3.3y ago

   very happy to see someone picking up the pieces from the previous outdated Slideshow plugins (more than one!) – the earliest of which was finally removed all together from the WP plugin repository last year due to security issues. excellent fork, thank you again for sharing your work with the rest of us. this saved me a lot of time.

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5. ★★★★★ ebonweaver

   3.4y ago

   Honestly, why is it so hard to find real honest free plugins? Took me an hour to stumble into this after many searches. Tons of features. Actually free. Actually works. Not bloatware, not addware, no tricks or catches. Is it perfect? No, not at all. Sure the fancy stupid expensive options have it all in a GUI in your block editor, but with a simple shortcode you can add an “object” you define just like a page or post. And did I mention TONS of options? More than I have seen in all the paid junkware. You sir are a paragon and this plugin is a shining example of what the open source community used to be. Thank you for sharing your personal labor with the rest of us.

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6. ★★★★★ belbernard

   4.2y ago

   Excellent, worked immediately and easy to set up…

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7. ★★★★★ arno

   5.4y ago

   Very useful slider with a lot of settings. I tried many but some are overdone and in the end still miss the best options. This one has many options all one one screen, very easy to use. Detailed size settings width, height, crop, zoom, behaviour when resized etc. You add more a videolink or your own text as a slide. Good control over the controls display and 7 cool animation effects + 1 random. Slides can be saved no need to save shortcodes. Shortcodes can be added to widgets and posts. I use another plugin for a featured caroussel or a categorie slider for homepage or sidebars in combination with this plugin. Succes ermeee bedankt! Gr. Arno veers

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8. ★★★★★ mbrsolution

   5.9y ago

   Thank you John West for bringing this fantastic plugin back to life 🙂 I published many tutorials years ago and thought they would go to waste. But now I can keep them running and of course I have to also update some of them. When I have the time, I will help with the Spanish translation 🙂 Well done.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 2.7.1 Update the Gutenberg block to support useBlockProps, which is required by API v3 2.7.1
2. — Version 2.7.0 Add preview to the Gutenberg block. The first slide of the slideshow will display as the preview. Fixed: styling controls now appear on a new text slide. Set the Block API to version 3, per WP recommendation. This means 2.7.0
3. — Version 2.6.0 New feature: Adds styled text to Text slides Lots of security fixes, including a fix for CVE-2024-35769. Address some code style issues (linting, typos, etc). Changes to webpack config to combine and minimize the Javascr 2.6.0
4. — Version 2.5.20 Fix link display issue. 2.5.20
5. — Version 2.5.19 Fix widget display issue. Fix issue where settings aren’t displaying correctly. 2.5.19
6. — Version 2.5.18 Fix local file injection (LFI) issue. Fix various security issues. 2.5.18

4 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. High · 8.8 Slideshow SE <= 2.5.17 - Authenticated (Author+) Limited Local File Inclusion ↗
   2024-06-19 CVE-2024-35778 Improper Control of Filename for Include/Require Statement in PHP Program ('PHP Remote File Inclusion') Affects <= 2.5.17 Patched in 2.5.18
2. Medium · 6.4 Slideshow SE <= 2.5.20 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2024-06-18 CVE-2024-35769 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.20 Patched in 2.6.0
3. Medium · 6.4 Slideshow SE <= 2.5.5 - Authenticated (Author+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-10-28 CVE-2022-41554 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.5 Patched in 2.5.6
4. Medium · 6.4 Slideshow SE <= 2.5.5 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2022-10-28 CVE-2022-43461 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.5.5 Patched in 2.5.6

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 25 languages, 8 at 90% or more

Plus 1 more locale with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2023-10-22 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2023-10-21 2K+ → 1K+ down after 7 days in tier
3. 2023-10-14 1K+ → 2K+ up

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• Firelight Lightbox 200K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A

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Slideshow SE: 2K+ active installs, 4.9★ (8 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/slideshow-se